When Krishna descends to the world, he appears to be just
like any other person, someone who is limited to one place and needs to move
for getting to another place. Those who assume that this appearance is the
reality can’t conceive how such a localized person can be the all-pervading
Supreme.
To comprehend Krishna’s mysterious appearance, we need to
understand his transcendental position and disposition. God’s transcendental
position, which all the world’s theistic traditions declare, refers to his
self-existence in a realm that transcends time and space. Being the source of
everything, including the fabric of time and space, he is never limited by his
emanations.
Gita wisdom goes beyond the universal revelation of God’s
transcendental position to the confidential revelation of his transcendental
disposition.
Gita wisdom goes beyond this universal revelation of God’s
transcendental position to the confidential revelation of his transcendental
disposition. We are usually disposed to flaunt our power and delight in others’
submission. Krishna’s disposition transcends such egoistic drives – despite
having the supreme power, he delights not in the display of his godhood but in
the intimacy of love. He knows that his loved ones will feel inhibited in
loving him intimately if they remain aware of his divinity. So, in his world of
love, he conceals his supremacy and manifests in a finite-seeming humanlike
form. And to invite all of us to his world, he descends to our world in that
same form.
During his pastimes here, he seems, like us, finite. But he
can at will exhibit powers impossible for us. For example, the Bhagavad-gita(11.07) reports how he, while seeming to be a person on a battlefield within
the universe, demonstrated that the whole universe was within him.
By thus meditating on Krishna’s transcendental position and
disposition, we can realize his supreme lovability, redirect our love from the
world to him and gradually relish intimate love for him.
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